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“WHEN A MAN WANTS TO MURDER A TIGER HE CALLS IT SPORT; WHEN A TIGER WANTS TO MURDER HIM HE CALLS IT FEROCITY.”—GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
CONTENTSCONTENTS Author’s Introduction About the story Characters Plot development Summary Interpretations Short Movie
ABOUT THE AUTHORABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born In New York. (October 17, 1893 – November
22, 1949) Began his career at a young age when he did some
time in jail for his father Became fascinating writer at the age of 10 He graduated from Harvard in 1915. His works include - Apes and Angels(1924) - Mad Lover(1927) - The Most dangerous Game
THE STORY IS ABOUT THE STORY IS ABOUT Genre: Short Story
Point of view : Third person limited
Setting—Ship Trap Island
Protagonist- Rainsford
Antagonist- zaroff
External Conflict—Struggle with an outside force.
Man vs. Man: Rainsford vs. Zaroff, Rainsford vs. Ivan
Man vs. Nature: Rainsford vs. the Sea, Rainsford vs. the jungle/island
CONTD…..
Man vs. Beast: Rainsford vs. the dogs
Internal Conflict—Struggle within oneself. Man vs. Man: Rainsford struggles with fear,
morality of hunting Man vs. Fate: Rainsford struggles with dying
Theme-Theme- Hunting is cruel. Don’t hunt humans.
CHARACTERSCHARACTERS
Sanger Rainsford, Sanger Rainsford,
-Renowned Hunter
- Skilled
- Clever
- Proud of his profession - Keen observer - Protagonist--Main Character
General Zaroff, General Zaroff, - Ex-army man - Hospitable - Fearless - Desires for more - In-human & Insane - Over confident - Skilled - Sophisticated
Ivan, Ivan, Zaroff's Russian servant, body guard and hunting
partner. Ivan is a giant, he is deaf, mute and dull.
Whitney, Whitney, Rainsford's friend who appears briefly in the
introduction, wondering what it would be like if he were the hunted instead of the hunter.
PLOT – SEQUENCE OF EVENTSPLOT – SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Exposition --introduces the characters, background and setting
Rising Action –adds complications leads to the climax
Falling action –the action that is a result of the climax
Resolution –tells or implies the outcome of the story
Climax-highest point of action or interest. A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot
PLOT DIAGRAMPLOT DIAGRAM
Setting: Ship-Trap Island
Protagonist -- Rainsford
Antagonist -- Zaroff
•Rainsford jumps over the cliff to escape from Zaroff
•Rainsford is hunted by Zaroff
•Rainsford swims to Ship-Trap Island after falling off the yacht
Rainsford hides in Zaroff’s room
Rainsford and Zaroff fight
Rainsford kills Zaroff
SUMMARYSUMMARY Rainsford and Whitney, head towards Amazon
rain forest Whitney mentions about the Ship Trap island Rainsford ignores what Whitney has to say Considers hunting as the best sport Ignores the feeling of the hunted Whitney mentions about the fear of pain and fear
of death
Later Rainsford goes for the sleep Wakes up hearing the 3 shots of
gun Leaps on the rail to see what has
happened Lost his balance and fell off the
ship Swims and lands on the island Follows the sound he hears Follows the trail of the hunting
boots Sights an enormous building
Opens the iron gate and finds a gigantic creature (Ivan) standing with a revolver
Ivan- Deaf and Dumb Another man enters ‘General
Zaroff’- a Russian noble Appears to be a generous host Loves hunting but is bored by
killing animals He says, ‘ There is no greater bore
than perfection’
But he has found a new animal to hunt That animal has courage, is cunning and able to
reason Rainsford confused about which animal is
General Zaroff talking about General then says that he has chosen to hunt
humans This makes it Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford shocked and amazed with what he has heard
He is confused as to know where does these men come from
The General simply mentions that the island is the Ship Trap Island…..
The general had dozens of trapped pupils, collection of heads and hounds
Rainsford asked him what he would do if in case he refused to play the game
General persuaded him by saying that if he caught him within three days the general would kill him , if not the general would be defeated
General himself would use only a small caliber pistol
General suggests him to avoid the "Death Swamp”
Ivan bought a supply of food, hunting clothes and a knife
He was given moccasins and a three hours start
He set to the woods and assured to maintain a distance between himself and Zaroff.
Taking care not to leave the slightest mark, he climbed the tree
The First DayThe First Day
The Second DayThe Second Day
The general came searching with an automatic pistol
The general went away with a smile as he turned back
Rainsford made, what the general called a "Malay man-catcher" to trap the general
But only the generals shoulders got hurt
That night he set to prepare another trap " the Burmese tiger pit"
One of the General’s best hounds got killed
The Third DayThe Third DayRainsford was awakened by the sound of the houndsA trick Rainsford learnt in Uganda came up on his mindThrough this trick he managed to kill IvanThat night general Zaroff had a great dinner but two slight annoyance disturbed himHe saw Rainsford behind the curtains in his roomAt last, Rainsford managed to kill Zaroff and get rid of his terror
INTERPRETATIONINTERPRETATION
fear of death and the fear of pain is same in case of both human beings and animals.
‘A wearer only knows where the shoe pinches.’ In order to fully understand others, we must first walk in their shoes. Rainsford now knows what it feels like to be the “prey.” He may be a more compassionate hunter now.
makes us feel how inhuman it is to hunt animals just for the sake of fun and hence it should be discourage.